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Mahmudul Hasan Sohag
Bangladeshi entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mahmudul Hasan Sohag (Bengali: মাহমুদুল হাসান সোহাগ; born 7 June 1981), better known as Sohag Bhai, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur.[1] He is the CEO and co-founder of Rokomari.com, which initially started as an online bookstore.[2][3][4] He also founded Udvash Coaching Center and Onnorokom Web Service Limited.[4] He developed the first Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Bangladesh.[citation needed] He was also the Academic Councilor of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad. He is the chairman of Onnorokom Group.[5]
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Early life
Sohag was born on 7 June 1981, in a village of Sarishabari Upazila of Jamalpur District. His father is Abul Hossain who is a school teacher and mother is Monowara Begum. Hossain was an officer of the postal department. Sohag is the youngest child of parents, two daughters and one son.[6]
Education
Sohag completed his primary education at Naseeruddin Kindergarten, a local children's school. Then he passed SSC from Riazuddin Talukder High School in 1998. After that he got admission in higher secondary in Dhaka College. Later he got admission to the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.[7] Before passing he worked for some time as a research assistant in BUET's Institute of Information and Communication Technology.[citation needed]
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Personal life
Sohag a former Atheist, reverted to Islam.[4]
Career
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After working as a research assistant at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)[8] He was selected as the Bangladesh representative to participate in the Entrepreneur Exchange Program organized by the University of Oklahoma, USA in 2012.[citation needed]
Rokomari.com
Rokomari.com is an online product shopping website in Bangladesh.[9][2][4] It was officially launched on 19 January 2012. Currently, various products including DVDs, video tutorials, sporting goods, other types of science boxes, calculators, watches, pen drives, various computer parts are also available on this site, but the site is mainly focused on selling books online in Bangladesh[citation needed]
Construction of EVMs
It was started in 2007 with funding from Officers Club, Dhaka. In 2009, BUET contracted with Sohag's company Pi Labs Bangladesh to build EVMs and helped to build it.[10] Their EVMs have been used in Bangladesh elections, including the 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election. Pi Labs Bangladesh Company has also invented Easy OMR Solution software.[citation needed]
Onnorokom Group
Onnorokom Group is the parent organization of various organizations. Various projects and initiatives have been taken under the Onnorokom Group. Rokomari.com is a part of the Onnorokom Web Service.[11] Among these initiatives are:
- Pi Labs Bangladesh Limited: This service includes Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), Solar inverter, Solar Charge Controller, Industry Automation, Vehicle Tracking System and many more.
- Onnorokom Software Limited
- Onnorokom Electronics Company Limited
- Onnorokom Solutions: Import-Export
- Onnorokom Web Service Limited
- Onnorokom Publications Limited
- Onnorokom Science Box[2][7]
- Onnorokom Pathshala
- Wester International School
- Techshop Bangladesh Limited
In addition, Onnorokom Group has established a laboratory called the Onnorokom Bioinformatics Laboratory in the Department of Genetic Engineering, University of Dhaka.[citation needed]
Udvash-Unmesh
Udvash is one of the largest shadow education platforms in Bangladesh, with over 110 branches nationwide.[12] It was launched in December 2000 in Dhaka,[13] and primarily focuses on the science stream.[14]
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